Reasons to Quit Smoking ““ 101 Funny & Not-so-Funny Incentives

Thursday, July 10, 2008

“Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.”– Archimedes

Do you have a “long enough lever”? in your life to quit smoking? With long list of reasons, you can do anything – even quit smoking.

(Ordered chronologically and by importance)

  1. Wasting money on killing yourself
  2. Smelling like an ashtray
  3. Your bland taste buds
  4. The embarrassing smoking smell of your
  5. Even coffee tastes worst
  6. Wondering if someone is going to get sick from riding in your “smoker’s”? car
  7. Your home won’t stink
  8. The whizzing when you breathe
  9. You alright get enough lung population by living in the city
  10. You won’t have to move to the country to breath clean air
  11. Poor circulation
  12. Low energy
  13. Feeling gorse
  14. No amount of gum covers your ashtray breath
  15. Yellow teeth
  16. Yellow Stained fingers
  17. Living an extra 7 years
  18. Accomplishing what only 3.5% of smokers do a year*: quitting for a year or longer (According to the Surgeon General’s Report, 1990)
  19. Grayish dull complexion caused by smoking
  20. Preventing premature aging without surgery or fancy creams
  21. Scaly skin caused by smoking
  22. Having to look for a cigarette
  23. Having to ask for a light
  24. Those millions of thoughts about smoking
  25. Wasting time planning your smoke breaks
  26. Experiencing panic-attacks when you’re not able to have a cigarette
  27. Freezing outside in bad weather
  28. Having money to go back to school, work less hours, or go a vacation
  29. Extra money to purchase gift’s for loved ones
  30. Hanging out with the mostly unhealthy and pessimistic “smokers”? crowd
  31. No energy to exercise
  32. Three words “sex, impotence, loser”?
  33. Not being able to a flight climb stairs without losing your breathe
  34. The “a smoker”? unhealthy life style
  35. Low self-confidence of being a smoker
  36. People looking down on you for being a “˜smoker’
  37. Being turned down for life insurance
  38. Potential employer not hiring you because you’re a smoker
  39. Not being able to find an apartment because no one wants to rent to smokers
  40. concentration
  41. All the interruptions in your life
  42. Less running around
  43. The negative drain of being addicted to something
  44. Non-smoker hate kissing smokers, and most likely will NOT
  45. The thought of harming your unborn baby
  46. Second-hand smoke kills family members too
  47. 75% of children who smoke because their parents do
  48. Teens that smoke are seven times more likely do elicit drugs
  49. Trips to the convenience store in the middle of the night
  50. Waking-up in the middle of the night just to have a smoke
  51. Craving a cigarette and being irritated if you don’t get one
  52. Less time to spend with your family
  53. Less time inhaling toxic poisons
  54. Less time inhaling other smokers second hand smoke
  55. Never having to sit in another smoke filled room
  56. Feeling and looking younger
  57. The smell smoke in your hair
  58. The smell smoke in your clothes
  59. A toxic and cancer filled body
  60. Aching joints
  61. Muscle pains
  62. That constant nagging cough
  63. Getting a “colds”? all the time
  64. A weak immune system
  65. Only being able to date less-than-perfect smokers
  66. Burning holes your clothes
  67. Worrying about burning down your home
  68. Worrying about burning down some one else’s property or home
  69. Encouraging your children to play with fire
  70. Having money to go on “date night”? to dinner and the movies
  71. Time to start a new hobby
  72. Time to start an exercise program
  73. Time to clean your body out
  74. Finally throwing clothes with burn holes in them
  75. Smoking causes infertility
  76. Your baby will thank you
  77. Your breast milk will be safe to drink
  78. All of your family members will be proud of you
  79. All of your friends will be proud of you
  80. All of your co-workers will be proud of you
  81. Having lunch money every day now
  82. You won’t ever be called “˜a smoker’ again
  83. Having to bum cigarettes from others
  84. Worry about going for a long time without a smoke like in a movie or on a plane
  85. Sleepless nights
  86. The sad fact your first thought in your day is about “smoking”?
  87. You’ll instantly be sexier and more attractive to people even non-smokers
  88. No more excuses about not quitting
  89. Literally not being able to smell the roses
  90. Other people thinking you’re dim-witted
  91. Losing creditability as an professional or expert because of your dumb habit
  92. Your mom never asking you to quit again
  93. Having the title of “ex-smoker”?
  94. Quitting before you get cancer or die
  95. Proving all those people wrong who said “you’ll never quit”?
  96. Dying a peaceful death
  97. Giving the athletic performance advantage to the non-smokers
  98. Burning holes in your carpets
  99. Cleaning ashtrays
  100. Cleaning up spill tobacco in your purse or desk
  101. Hiding the fact you still haven’t quit yet

Right now, please write out your top 10, print it them off, or email them to a friend. I hope you found a long list of reasons to quit smoking now, long enough to easily quit smoking today.

Sources:
1US Surgeon General’s Report, 1990, p. vi
2According to the American Cancer Society, the average economic costs of smoking are estimated to be approximately $3,391 per smoker per year
*** According for the average inflation cost of Cigarettes
**** U.S. Fire Administration. A Profile of Fire in the United States, 1989-1998. 2000. Available online at: www.usfa.fema.gov
5Smoking 25 cigarettes (one pack) a day for an average 4 minutes (smoking and traveling to the designated smoking spot) equals 608 hours and 20 minutes of conscious time per year.

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